SFPD Weekend Recap for Labor Day: Car Arson, Robberies, Metal Pipes

This crime-filled Labor Day weekend began with an aggravated assault Friday around 8:45 p.m. when two neighbors got into a verbal argument on the 3100 block of 16th Street near Valencia Street, according to police.

The suspect, a 51-year-old man, hit the victim, a 52-year-old woman, twice over the head with a metal pipe. The victim suffered a laceration to her forehead and was transported to a hospital for her non-life threatening injuries. The suspect is in custody.

Then around 9 p.m. Friday, a 21-year-old man was robbed by a five young men between the ages of 18 and 23 on Church Street next to Dolores Park, police reported. The victim was walking when one of the five suspects pulled out a knife and demanded the victim empty his pockets.

Then, one of the suspects punched the victim multiple times in the face. The suspects took the man’s wallet, cash, and cell phone. The victim was not seriously injured and no arrests have been made.

A 22-year-old bouncer was hit with a glass bottle while confronting suspects in a bar around 1:15 a.m. Sunday on the 1000 block of Valencia near 21st Street. The bouncer heard a commotion and went inside the bar to intervene. During the conversation, a suspect hit the bouncer on the side of his face with a glass bottle. Then all seven or eight suspects jumped into the brawl. The victim was transported to the hospital and treated for his non-life threatening injury. No arrests have been made. READ MORE HERE.